Traveled all day. Two delays alter – One at Boston and another at Philadelphia – I am in L.A. For some reason, everytime I am in Southern California, it is either cold, or raining. And today, it is cold AND raining. But it is ok. I took flyaway bus and got to the Union Station, [...]
I am honored to be on the panel for Banana-2 conference, The Second Annual Gathering of Asian/Pacific Islander American Bloggers on Saturday February 26, 2011in L.A. So, I am traveling tomorrow morning. I will be on the panel titled Bananas, Twinkies, Coconuts & a lot more: The rainbow of the AAPI blogosphere, moderated by Gil [...]
In an article in AIGA Voice, I learned that there is a Japanese American graphic designer, who’s great work many of us are familier with. Here is the lin to the article, S. Neil Fujita, 19212010 by Steven Heller. And here is the link to New York Times’ obit. He designed cover of The Godfather [...]
Take one, take two, and now this. We had this happen before when Akinori Iwamura signed with Tampa Bay Rays, and Kosuke Fukudome filed for free agency, but this image on the left with caption describing Tsuyoshi Nishioka, who was just posted by Chiba Lotte Marines and bid won by Minessotta Twins, is actually not [...]
The San Francisco Giants became baseball’s world champion in 2010, as they beat the Texas Rangers behind the young pitching of Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner. Little known fact is that Game 5 winner Tim Lincecum is part Filipino. I just came across this info, I thought I’d post it here… in the [...]
In the process of updating my daily “Itadakimasu” blog, I was looking up correct spelling of Banh Mi (I always think that “h” is before “n,” like “John,” but obviously, I am always wrong) and came across this NYTimes piece “Building on Layers of Tradition “. I came across the graphic above, it was so [...]
Today is MLB ALl-Star game. My man Ichiro Suzuki have now made it to the All Star 10 years in the row. He is just amazing. I read somewhere that Ichiro and Jeter tandem have never lost a All-Star game. Anyway, here is my favorite image of all time, courtesy of whitehouse photography!
Kenichi Zenimura is in between Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, in 1927 Nisei Baseball Research Project has started its campain to nominate Kenichi Zenimura, the Father of Japanese American Baseball, for the National Baseball Hall of Fame Buck ONeil Lifetime Achievement Award. (Press Reliese about nominations being accepted) Nominations for the award must be submitted [...]
Baseball season starts! It is Spring Training but it is nice to be able to listen to games on iPhone. It feels right. Ah, I missed this. There were 18 Japanese players who played for MLB in 2009, but 5 of them went back to Japan this off-season. Masahide Konbayashi (Yopmiuri Giants), Yasuhiko Yabuta (Chiba [...]
“You gotta have Wa” (one of my favorite book of all time) author Robert Whiting has just concluded crazy 4-part series about how once-super-popular Bobby Valentine was almost jettisoned from Chiba Lotte Marines, on Japan Times online. Part 1: Clandestine campaign led to Valentines demise Part 2: Valentines philosophy brought Marines glory, money Part 3: [...]
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